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Thread ID: 13860	2001-12-19 21:36:00	German Win2k and Win98 dual boot problem.	Guest (0)	Press F1

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28071	2001-12-19 21:36:00	Hi I have a friend who has loaded a German version Win2k as a dual boot with the original OS in the machine (Win98-not SE). She says it was initially working okay but now most software packages are crashing 'fatal errors' etc. Is having the second non-english OS likely to be causing the problems? Am going to look at machine this evening.	Guest (0)
28072	2001-12-19 22:28:00	hi Rangi, if both OS are installed on the same partition then their 'Program Files' folders will overwrite each others and cause chaos. If they are on separate partitions then they should coexist happily.	Guest (0)
28073	2001-12-19 22:42:00	Thanks for that. The drive was originally partitioned and I would have thought that loading the Win2k should have warned her not install on same partition. Wait - Just spoke to her and YES she did load new OS onto C drive too! Would it take some time for software to start crashing?	Guest (0)
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